Joey DeFrancesco & The People - Project Freedom

When jazz aficionados think ofJoey DeFrancesco--and they often do--they ponder his matchless talents as a modern-day avatar of the Hammond B3 organ and the Philadelphia history he shares with his principle instrument. Organ-based blues and jazz startedin Philly and DeFrancesco is the first to tell you so. So for Joey DeFrancesco's album,Project Freedom--his debut for the Mack Avenue Records label--DeFrancesco adds several feathers to his cap including those of world traveling storyteller, quartet leader, freedom fighter, peace maker, spiritual healer and genre-busting composer and cover artist. All of my albums mean a lot to me, he says. Project Freedomthough - this one means just a little bit more.